• Видео: Утилиты diff и patch
• patch (UNIX)

$ diff /usr/share /usr/local/share

$ diff /usr/bin/test /usr/bin/[
 или
$ diff /bin/test /bin/[

$ ls -i /usr/bin/test /usr/bin/[
 или
$ ls -i /bin/test /bin/[

$ cat hello.c

#include <stdio.h>
main () {
        printf("Hello World\n");
}

$ cp hello.c hello.c.old

$ cat hello.c

#include <stdio.h>
main () {
        printf("Hello World Again\n");
}

$ diff hello.c.old hello.c

3c3
<       printf("Hello World\n");
---
>       printf("Hello World Again\n");

diff -e hello.c.old hello.c

3c
        printf("Hello World Again\n");
.

$ diff hello.c.old hello.c > hello.patch

$ mv hello.c.old hello.c

$ patch hello.c hello.patch

$ cat hello.c

#include <stdio.h>
main () {
        printf("Hello World Again\n");
}